Special notes on fabrics, prints and colors.: With Hawaiian shirts no two shirts will be exactly the same since fabrics are cut from different
locations on the material. This makes Hawaiian Aloha apparel
unique from mass produced apparel. Aloha print fabrics are used up quickly in this industry, prints are often here today and gone tomorrow since there is a very limited supply made for each print. As a result large orders in the same print is not possible without enough lead time to secure enough fabric of a certain print and make the order.
Lengths from the top of collar to bottom of hem are:
S-29", M-30", L-32", XL-33", 2XL-34", 3XL-35"
Our Cotton shirts are not pre shrunk. We find they will shrink 1" to 2" from top to bottom and 1" to 2" from side to side after the first wash. Larger shirts like 4XL up may shrink more. It is suggested they be washed in cool water and hanged to dry or follow the washing instructions on the label.
Special note on displayed colors: Although every effort is made to display true colors, your computer monitor, graphics card and settings can affect the colors displayed. For accurate viewing standard monitor settings are 1024 x 768 pixels, color palette=256 colors or high color 16 bits, font size= small.
Hawaiian shirtsOur goal when we first came online in 1999 was find out what people wanted in a Hawaiian shirt. We found folks wanted low prices, quality workmanship, beautiful fabric with vibrant designs, then we focused on providing just that. Along with fast shipping and responsive customer service we built one of the best combinations for you to purchase Hawaiian shirts and Hawaii apparel.
Not surprisingly we are passionate about quality Hawaiian shirts and Hawaiian clothing products as we work out of Hawaii and live Hawaii.
A few of our customers have asked how we started in this line of business. Well it started way back when some of our friends, relatives and family sailed from China to settle in Hawaii around the 1800’s through the 1980’s. Many were talented seamstresses and craftsman who earn their living making apparel in their home land of China and later after making Hawaii home became a part of a strong contribution in the creation and manufacture of Hawaiian shirts and Hawaiian clothing in Hawaii.
A quick look at history of Hawaiian shirts
Many Classic Hawaiian Shirts were originally made from soft colorful silk fabric taken from Japanese Kimono garments brought to Hawaii from labors hired to work the sugar and pineapple plantations in the 1920's. The silk fabric of the kimono was a real eye catcher rich in color with scenic floral designs. The silk fabric was soft light cool and comfortable, a good material for Hawaiian shirts, however the cost of quality silk was expensive.
With the creation of rayon all the good qualities of silk had a affordable fabric and soon Hawaiian shirts would be made with this fabric. Rayon intensifies the lustrous sheen and color with good comfort and fluid drape of silk that make rayon fabric one of the most popular materials for Hawaiian shirts today.
Today rayon Hawaiian shirts are made of quality soft fine smooth soft heavy or lightweight 100% rayon.
In the 1800's outside traders from America and Europe introduced cotton cloth to Hawaii that was colored and printed with a few simple designs. As the years went by Hawaii began to develop and soon had sugar cane and pineapple plantations as outside developers took control of the land. The workers from the sugar cane and pineapple plantations as well as cattle ranchers or paniolos, (Hawaiian Cowboys) wore cotton palaka shirts which are criss-cross checkered looking print patterns with straight cut bottoms so they did not have to tuck in their shirts while working under the hot Hawaiian sun. They also cut off the long sleeves to help stay cool. And an increasing variety of colors and variations of these shirt prints began to grow and were the beginnings of pre Hawaiian shirts. Around the time the tourism industry was just starting in the 1920's and 30's a Chinese immigrant tailor named Ellery Chun put together a flower print shirt on a brightly colored background and became the originator of Hawaiian shirts what we call in Hawaii, Aloha Shirts. The Hawaiian shirts, Aloha print, Hawaiian clothing industry was born.
By the early 1940's this new fashion of the islands was established as the Aloha wear industry. This industry began to grow with steady demand over the years. Today Hawaiian shirts is made of many materials with cotton as the most popular followed by silk, rayon, polyester and other synthetics. The Hawaiian shirts design today typically reflect the scenes you find around Hawaii with Tropical Flowers the most popular. This is a reason almost all Hawaiian shirts fabrics we offer are tropical flower designs. The popularity of Hawaiian shirts has grown to the point where other countries are making them in large numbers. We found most folks want real Hawaiian shirts made In Hawaii USA and that is what we and others vendors in Hawaii provide as we help support the local Hawaii economy as we provide the real deal, Hawaiian shirts made in Hawaii.
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